On this day began one of the most famous episodes in American history – the Battle of the Alamo. Alamo wa ...

On this day began one of the most famous episodes in American history – the Battle of the Alamo. Alamo was a missionary town in Texas, defended by the Texans from the incoming Mexicans. Namely, it was ...

On this day in 1685 French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle founded a colony of the area of what ...

On this day in 1685 French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle founded a colony of the area of what is now Texas. It was particularly interesting for being the westernmost French colony at the t ...

To this day in 1845, Texas was an independent country, equal in sovereignty to the United States as well ...

To this day in 1845, Texas was an independent country, equal in sovereignty to the United States as well as other recognized world countries. Namely, the Republic of Texas, after its independence from ...

On this day in 2003, an astronaut was for the first time married in space. Yuri Malenchenko, a Russian co ...

On this day in 2003, an astronaut was for the first time married in space. Yuri Malenchenko, a Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent married Ekaterina Dimitrieva. The Wedding took place when he was a ...